My name is Emily. I am 15 years old and it is coming up to my one year anniversary of living with Type 1 diabetes. I have recently started a blog into my life and how type 1 diabetes has effected me. If you wish to learn more about me then visit my blog - http://emily-mystory.blogspot.com/ Feel free to leave a comment :)
I hope to learn new things and get advice from all the lovely people living with type 1 diabetes. I find it extremely useful talking to people who I can relate to about diabetes. I am looking forward to exploring this site further and talking to some new people.
Wonderful that you have joined this forum. I did a couple of days ago too! My only advice is to be honest about how you feel and what you go through.
Wishing you all the best of luck and good health for the future!
Welcome!! I glad you came here. I really liked your blog. I think for many of us, the anniversary of our diagnosis (our so called "diaversary") is a time of reflection. While we may always be saddened by the loss of our carefree lives (pre-diagnosis), I hope that eventually you celebrate the "new you" that rose out of your diagnosis.
Welcome to TuD, Emily. My son was diagnosed near his 14th birthday too and we are few days away from his second anniversary. This is a great community for sharing with others who know what it takes to live with D. We are in such a better place than if we didn't have this great big family for support, knowledge and friendship. Best Wishes, Emily (too)
WELCOME EMILY!!!! I've had Type 1 for 38 of my 48 years and found after I found this site that it was great to blog and talk to others who kinda knew the feelings u have! Great to have u here with us!
Emily, nice blog post, tough year not to mention you probably started high school. Hope your mom is doing well, my mother-in-law lost a breast to cancer. At least diabetes is a disease you have can self-manage (arduous as it is). Adorable pup. My son was diagnosed similarly, but we though he had the flu, and waited way too long to get urgent care. 774 BS (don't know how that converts), 4 day hospital stay. He uses a pump and cgms now, they are very helpful in achieving good BS levels.
Been trying to talk Nathan into signing up here himself, there's lots of teens-and I think it would be cool to have friends from many different places and backgrounds that he can related to. :)
Wow 38 years is a long time. I will be sure to ask you any questions that I have about type 1 diabetes. Its great to learn from someone who has lived with it for a long period of time. :)
Hi again Emily. I have recently changed from a public high school to a private high school. The education is much better however leaving my friends has been hard. Lately the added stress from making friends, settling in to a new school and managing my diabetes has been proved a challenge haha. I often look to my mum for inspiration and she is what helps me through the tough days.
Luckily we caught my diabetes early enough before my levels could start creeping up even higher. The diabetes educator and my endocrinologist think that the pump will be something I will use in the future however I hate changing things and I don't really like the thought of carrying a little machine with me. You never know though I will probably change my mind soon enough. I am looking forward to making new friend on here! :)
Hope your school lets you manage your diabetes the way you want to; Nathan rarely goes to the health office at school (it keeps backup supplies for him). He checks in class; there also 7 type 1s at his school; so the teachers used to it. He takes regular PE (some high schools here don't). The pump allows him to get insulin when ever he needs it, small corrections to get him back in range or for lunch, with only pressing a couple of buttons. A lot of members here manage real well staying on shots (pens), so take your time. This community is great for getting personal opinions about different pumps when you are ready. As for carrying a machine on you, Nathan pump is tubeless; the machine is only brought out of his backpack when he eats or wants to take a correction. The insulin is stored in a pod that is attached where he wants to put it (mainly arms and thighs; he never liked shots in the abs). The pump is programmed to give him background insulin whether the machine is close or not. The pod is about the size of a half of a deck of cards, but more streamlined (we are anxiously waiting for the FDA to approve the smaller version of the Omnipod). We love it, you might look into it since you are a regular swimmer, you wouldn't have to disconnect. As you can tell we moms can't stop mothering, even on the internet. Ha Ha Best Wishes, Emily
Yay, I was surprised too when the health aide said that. This year he is friends with one and knows two others, but its not like they have a club; wish they could. Ha Ha
Hello Emily. My name is Mike and have had "D" for 31 years. I am fine.Read as much as you can about this problem and stay in charge. Any don't take any stuff from your friends about it. They know far less about "D" than you. Nice to have you reading about all the topics here in TuDiabetes. I'll be reading your blog....Take care.......
